Sir John Hopkins, 1st Baronet

Sir John Wells Wainwright Hopkins, 1st Baronet (16 February 1863 – 16 February 1946)[1] was an English civil engineer and a Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South East from 1918 to 1923, and from 1924 to 1929.

Hopkins was born in Islington, London in 1863. He was made a baronet in 1929.[2]

Family life

Hopkins married Ethelind Mackern in 1894, they had two sons and a daughter.[3] Hopkins died 16 February 1946 at his home in Lingfield, Surrey aged 83.[3] Both his sons had been killed in action, in 1916 and 1942, leaving no heir to the title.[3]

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References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  3. "Sir J. W. W. Hopkins." Times [London, England] 18 Feb. 1946: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for St Pancras South East
1918 – 1923		 Succeeded by
Herbert Romeril
Preceded by
Herbert Romeril		 Member of Parliament for St Pancras South East
1924 – 1929		 Succeeded by
Herbert Romeril
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
of (St Pancras)
1929 – 1946		 extinct


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